Any luck with this? I think one of the reasons for 'duplicate' posts even when people search first is because the search is kinda brokey. Can't get past the first page of results, no way to sort the results (date desc would be awesome), no advanced search to limit by poster when known... common things like that would really help. IMHO.

Is search different for different themes/layouts? User is a criteria for the basic search for me.

D'oh. For a "basic search" I've been using the search box at the top RHS of the forums and never saw any kind of options for it. After your comment, I poked the SEARCH tab and see I can change the sort order and add a specific user if desired, so need to remember that for the future. Still have the multi-page issue, however.